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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Umbani for Hawk

UmbaniThe Denel Dynamics Umbani precision guided munition (PGM) bomb kit optimised for the NATO Mk 82 gravity bomb may soon be tested from to the South African Air Force's BAE Systems Hawk Mk120 lead-in fighter aircraft.

This will also open opportunity for the weapon in the 17 other air forces that operate the light fighter, giving them a precision stand-off attack range of some 40km.

The Umbani (meaning “lightning”) has been long in coming. Denel Dynamics CE Jan Wessels says the development is still being funded by the SAAF as a technology project.

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